Colonel Kyi Maung was a Burmese Army officer and politician.
18 Facts About Kyi Maung
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Originally a member of the military-backed Union Revolutionary Council that seized power in 1962, Kyi Maung resigned from the ruling council in 1963 after a public disagreement with General Ne Win, the leader of the council, on the military's long-term role in government.
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Kyi Maung joined the National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, in 1988 and won a seat in the Hluttaw from Bahan Township in the 1990 general election.
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Kyi Maung was vice-chairman of the NLD from 1988 to 1997.
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Kyi Maung was imprisoned four times for a total of 12 years by successive military governments.
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Kyi Maung was born on 20 December 1920 to Ngwe Khin and her husband Po Thein in Rangoon, British Burma to a family of Teochew-Burmese heritage.
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Kyi Maung enrolled in Rangoon University in 1936, and became a fervent anti-colonialist.
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Kyi Maung participated in 1938 nationwide strikes and rallies against the British colonial regime.
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Kyi Maung nearly died after he was severely beaten in his head by the police on 20 December 1938, which is commemorated as Bo Aung Kyaw Day in Myanmar.
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Kyi Maung was by his fellow student striker Aung Kyaw, who was severely beaten by the police, until Aung Kyaw's last breath.
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Kyi Maung was a final year student in 1941 when he left university to join the Burma Independence Army to fight the British colonial government.
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Kyi Maung eventually rose to the rank of Battalion Commander when he was sent to the US for further training between 1955 and 1956.
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Kyi Maung was promoted to regional commander in 1960 when he became head of Yangon Command.
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Kyi Maung was one of the 18 senior officers that seized power from the democratically elected government of U Nu in 1962.
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Kyi Maung was jailed for a month in 1988 and imprisoned for five years from 1990 to 1995.
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Kyi Maung quit the NLD in 1997 over conflicting views within the party.
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Kyi Maung died on 19 August 2004 at his Yangon residence.
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Kyi Maung was married to Kyi Kyi and they had two children.